OpenStack is a cloud operating system that controls large pools of compute, storage, and networking resources, providing a framework to create and manage both public cloud and private cloud infrastructures.
Prerequisites for adding a new OpenStack monitor: Click here
Using the REST API to add a new OpenStack monitor: Click here
To create a new OpenStack monitor, follow the steps given below:
Applications Manager automatically discovers all the OpenStack instances under your OpenStack account. You can then enable monitoring for those instances and images as per your requirement.
Go to the Monitors Category View by clicking the Monitors tab. Click on the OpenStack monitor under the Cloud Apps Table. Displayed is the OpenStack bulk configuration view distributed into three tabs:
Openstack monitoring software like Applications Manager provides complete visibility into your OpenStack environments altogether in a single window based on the following tabs:
This tab provides a high-level overview of your OpenStack account as well as information about the OpenStack instances present in this account.
Parameter | Description |
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Instances | |
ID | The unique ID of the server. |
Name | The name of the monitored instance. |
Status | The current status of the instance. The possible values are: ACTIVE, BUILDING, DELETED, ERROR, PAUSED, RESCUED, RESIZED, SHELVED, SHELVED_OFFLOADED, SOFT_DELETED, STOPPED, SUSPENDED. |
Image | A virtual machine image is a single file which contains a virtual disk that has a bootable operating system installed on it |
Images | |
ID | The unique ID of the image. |
Name | The name of the image uploaded to the image service. |
Status | The current status of the image. Images in Glance can be in one the following statuses:
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Visibility | The scope of image accessibility. Possible values are 'public', 'private', 'shared', 'community'. |
Disk Format | The disk format of a virtual machine image is the format of the underlying disk image. Possible values are:
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Size | The Size of the image to be uploaded. |
Services | |
ID | The unique ID of the service. |
Name | The name of the OpenStack service. |
Endpoint | An endpoint is just a URL that can be used to access a service within OpenStack. An endpoint is just like a point of contact for YOU (the user) to use an OpenStack service. |
Response Code |
The Service endpoint HTTP response status code. |
This tab provides information about the OpenStack Hypervisors and Compute Services present in this account.
Parameter | Description |
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Hypervisors | |
ID | The unique ID of the hypervisor. The format of the Hypervisor ID is a combination of ID and Hostname. |
Hostname | The hypervisor host name. |
State | The state of the hypervisor. Possible values are up,down. |
Status | The status of the hypervisor. Possible values are enabled, disabled. |
Compute Services | |
ID | The unique ID of the Compute Service. The format of the Compute Service ID is a combination of ID and Hostname. |
Name | The binary name of the service. |
Hostname | The name of the host. |
Zone | The availability zone name. |
Compute Service State | The state of the Compute service. Possible values are up, down. |
Compute Service Status | The status of the Compute service. Possible values are enabled, disabled. |
This tab provides information about the OpenStack Cinder Services present in this account.
Parameter | Description |
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Cinder Services | |
ID | The unique ID of the Cinder Service. The format of the Cinder Service ID is a combination of name and hostname. |
Name | The binary name of the service. |
Hostname | The name of the host. |
Zone | The availability zone name. |
Cinder Service State | The state of the Cinder service. Possible values are up, down. |
Cinder Service Status | The status of the Cinder service. Possible values are enabled, disabled. |
This tab provides information about the OpenStack Neutron Agents present in this account.
Parameter | Description |
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Neutron Agents | |
ID | The unique ID of the resource. |
Type | The type of agent such as Open vSwitch agent or DHCP agent. |
Hostname | The hostname of the system the agent is running on. |
Neutron Agent State | The administrative state of the resource, which is up (true) or down (false). |
Neutron Agent Status | The status of the network agent (true/false). True indicates that the agent is alive and running. |